Correct syllabification in (American) English - Linguistics Stack …
I need to figure out what the proper syllabification of words in American English is and why. PLEASE NOTE: I am interested in syllabification from a phonetic point of view, not in terms of …
phonetics - VC/CV Syllabification when CC is a Permissible Onset ...
Mar 28, 2025 · The usual principle for syllabification is MOP, where during syllabification, one is instructed to put as many consonants as possible in the onset of their would-be next syllable …
Is syllabification significant in (natural) spoken languages?
Jan 16, 2024 · Not sure if it counts as being ‘significant’, but in Danish, syllabification is generally taken as the main factor in how border consonants (i.e., consonants that separate word …
How to split IPA spelling into syllables - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Mar 20, 2019 · First, please forgive my ignorance, I'm completely new to linguistics. Given the IPA spelling for word, is it possible to programmatically split it into its sounds? So, for example, …
computational linguistics - Is there an automatic way to divide …
Mar 24, 2023 · Question: I am looking for a way to automate the process of dividing words into syllables. This can be an algorithm that implements some rule system of syllabification, or a …
computational linguistics - How to learn computer syllabification …
May 26, 2016 · Also, in their essay, "Evaluating Automatic Syllabification Algorithms for English" (PDF), Yannick Marchand et.al. compare one rule set based on expert knowledge and three …
phonology - Is syllable a phonetic or a phonological concept ...
There is such a thing as an etic syllable; Pike called it a "chest pulse", and it's not totally phonological. That said, syllabification is certainly almost totally phonological.
ipa - How do you bound a syllable / split a word into syllables ...
Apr 9, 2021 · It's a widely-held axiom in linguistics that syllabification is never phonemic. In other words, words aren't stored in your brain pre-broken-down into syllables; that syllabification …
What are the arguments against Wells’s syllabification of English?
Oct 8, 2017 · In Syllabification and Allophony John Wells argues for a view of English syllabification based on phonetic processes within the pronunciation of words. He mentions …
Is there a computational method to syllabify English words?
English syllabification is partly sensitive to stress, especially to get the correct intervocalic syllabification of consonants. Just based on spelling, you can't automatically compute the …